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Philippines: Why ‘Willing Willie’ should go back on air

By James Cordova Wed, Apr 27, 2011 8:35AM UTC View Comments

Chuck Smith of Yahoo! OMG! Philippines “interviewed” me via Facebook last week about the Willie Revillame controversy. (You can read his story here.) I’m posting below his questions and my answers in full. 1. Do you think Willie Revillame and “Willing Willie” should return to television after the Jan-Jan controversy? Why or why not? They...

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Mano a mano with Revillame-basher Jim Paredes

By James Cordova Sun, Apr 17, 2011 8:41AM UTC View Comments

Some of the entertainment personalities who have come out denouncing Willie Revillame, among them Jim Paredes (top left). (Photo from http://tunenight.com)

I had this exchange with Jim Paredes on Twitter, after I accused him of lying about his statements to the press on Willie Revillame. He then blocked me. Quite a sport, that guy. In this post, I accused Jim Paredes, member of the anti-Willie Revillame crowd, of lying when he told reporters that he did...

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Why the Filipino elite revile Willie Revillame

By James Cordova Sat, Apr 16, 2011 10:18AM UTC View Comments

Revillame brings and spreads same ideas to TV5

You must be up to here with all the posts I’ve published on the controversy in the Philippines involving the popular and much hated TV host Willie Revillame. There are other things going on in my country, true, but Revillame and what he did to that child continues to generate buzz. Yesterday, the country’s largest...

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‘Willing Willie’ and the attack of the social media mob

By James Cordova Thu, Apr 14, 2011 7:45AM UTC View Comments

Leonard de Vera, the lawyer of Philippine TV show host Willie Revillame, has a point. Why did government agencies and everyone else rush to judge the host, accusing him of abusing six-year-old Janjan on his show, when 1) they did not bother to get the side of Revillame or Janjan and his parents and 2)...

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Controversial game show goes off air – temporarily

By Tonyo Cruz Sat, Apr 09, 2011 3:32AM UTC View Comments

A defiant Willie Revillame on Friday announced that TV5′s flagship program Willing Willie will go off the air for two weeks, as protests rage over an episode which many view as a case of child abuse. In remarks broadcast over TV5, Revillame insists he did not do anything wrong, and vowed to “file charges” against...

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